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Barangay Walang Iwanan

May 7, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

This year, GK launches Barangay Walang Iwanan – an effort to inspire our barangays to care and share for their own communities and end poverty in their area.  The Bayani Challenge 2015 serves as a starting point for Naga City and the Third District of Camarines Sur to join the movement. As a bystander to […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Collaboration, Events, Gawad Kalinga, Naga Tagged With: Gawad Kalinga, Jun Lavadia, Naga City, Walang Iwanan

Naga City: Home of Heroes

May 6, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

More than ten years ago, the very first GK community in Bicol was built in Naga City. The first homes were built in Barangay Triangulo, in an area along the rail road tracks. Like most on-site builds, the homes were scattered in the PNR property, but at least, for the first time in their lives, […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Collaboration, Events, Gawad Kalinga, Naga, Patriotic Tour, Philippines, Pilipinas Tagged With: Bayani Challenge, Gawad Kalinga, Metro Naga, Naga City, Volunteerism, Voluntourism

GK Growth Map, Rolling Out and Staying Put

January 26, 2015 By Tammy Leave a Comment

In 2008, I decided it was time to go back to school. I was determined to pursue my degree in sociology, hone my skills in statistics and prove to myself that GK is sustainable, based on empirical data (and not just feel-good anecdotes that we all know are true also). I got sidetracked (or perhaps […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Faith, Family, Gawad Kalinga, Pilipinas Tagged With: Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, family, Gawad Kalinga

Back to the Ground (Literally) for Gawad Kalinga

October 3, 2014 By Tammy Leave a Comment

For the third time this year, volunteers coming from the kapitbahayan (the residents of the Gawad Kalinga villages) will be coming together to help in rebuilding, repairing and starting the ground work of the farm lots of families from a specific Gawad Kalinga community here in Camarines Sur. This October 4-6, the volunteers will head over […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Events, Gawad Kalinga Tagged With: Bicol, Enchanted Farm, Farm, Gawad Kalinga, GK, Volunteer

Farm Builds with Gawad Kalinga – Perspective of our French Volunteers

August 29, 2014 By Tammy Leave a Comment

For more than a month, a group of young French students spent their time with Gawad Kalinga and the Spiral Sun team discovering parts of Bicol and the communities as well. Read about the adventures of Selma, Loure, Nicky, Baptiste and Simon as they joined farm builds, rode ATVs and ate their way around Naga and the […]

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Filed Under: Agriculture, Bicol, Camarines Sur, Collaboration, Farming, Gawad Kalinga Tagged With: Agri Tourism, Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, Enchanted Farm, Farm Build, Gawad Kalinga, GK, Travel Documents

Bayani Beads – Handmade Bracelets from Naga

August 7, 2014 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Livelihood and sustainability is always the biggest challenge, not just with communities in GK, but just about everywhere. For almost five years, Tita Cora Ragas has been working hand-in-hand with GK Del Rosario (Naga City, Camarines Sur), encouraging the ladies to be productive. Some have enrolled in cooking classes (and we have one resident who is […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Fashion, Gawad Kalinga, Naga City, Passion Project, Philippines, Social Enterprise Tagged With: Bracelets, Camarines Sur, Gawad Kalinga

The BOB Talks – Best of Bicol

July 9, 2013 By Tammy

BOBTalk

The BoB Talks are a series of talks on the Best of Bicol – a movement encouraging entrepreneurship and bringing out the best that the region has to offer. Last week, we were asked if we could be part of the panel for the BoB Talks for their second run.  The talks, a brainchild of […]

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Filed Under: Bicol, Camarines Sur, Gawad Kalinga, Naga, Opinion, Social Enterprise Tagged With: Best of Bicol, Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, Enchanted Farm, Gawad Kalinga, Naga, opinion, Patriotic Tour, social enterprise

A is for Avenue Plaza Hotel

June 13, 2013 By Tammy Leave a Comment

A is for Avenue

If there is a place other than our home where J is comfortable rolling around the bed and hiding under the covers, it is the Avenue Plaza Hotel. This four-star hotel sits in the heart of the lifestyle hub of Naga City. Being one of the classiest hotels in the metro, you can expect excellent […]

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Filed Under: Bed and Breakfast, Bicol, Camarines Sur, Gawad Kalinga, Hotels, Naga Tagged With: Avenue Plaza Hotel, bed and breakfast, Bicol, Cam Sur, Camarines Sur, Gawad Kalinga, GK, hotels, Naga, Naga X

Take a Trip to Gawad Kalinga’s Enchanted Farm

November 4, 2012 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Enchanted Farm

During J’s first few months, he was able to have his first McDonald’s visit, his first Bonchon trip, his first visit to SM Megamall and Trinoma. The rest of the time, we stayed at home – trying to learn the ropes of parenthood and multitasking. After taking him to nearby areas in the metropolis, we decided […]

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Filed Under: Faith, Family, Food, Gawad Kalinga, Organic Farm, Social Enterprise Tagged With: Bayanihan Economics, Bulacan, Center for Social Innovation, CSI, Enchanted Farm, faith, family, food, Gawad Kalinga, GK, organic farm, Patriotic Parenting, social enterprise

Enchanted Farm Cafe: Brewing Innovation, Good Coffee and Tea

September 11, 2012 By Tammy Leave a Comment

Enchanted Farm Cafe

Looking for a new place to eat? Have coffee? And chat with friends? Here are our favourite finds in Quezon City.  Although I haven’t had the chance to travel with Tom as much as I wanted to since Spiral Sun started, I did have to leave Naga mid-June for Manila. I took an AirPhilExpress flight on […]

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Filed Under: Food, Gawad Kalinga, Organic Farm, Quezon City, Social Enterprise Tagged With: Bayanihan Economics, Center for Social Innovation, CSI, Enchanted Farm, Enchanted Farm Cafe, food, Gawad Kalinga, GK, organic farm, Quezon City, social enterprise

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